0.2.0

SparkAudio/Spark-TTS0.2.0Jul 6, 2026by zhu-han

AI Summary

This release adds support for Intel XPU inference and exposes audio control parameters like fade-in/out duration. It also integrates several community projects and fixes a bug related to triple quotes in punctuation handling.

Key Highlights

  • Added Intel XPU (Intel Arc GPU) inference support
  • Exposed pad_duration and fade_duration parameters for user control
  • Fixed bug where END_PUNCTUATION dropped members due to unescaped triple quotes
  • Added community projects including Auris, OmniVoice-MLX, and LA Studio

New Features

  • Intel XPU (Arc GPU) inference support
  • User control over fade-in/out and silence padding durations
  • Fixed triple quote parsing in END_PUNCTUATION
  • Added TTS audiobook tool to community projects

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed
* Revise disclaimer wording in README by @pkufool in https://github.com/k2-fsa/OmniVoice/pull/136
* docs: Add Auris to community projects by @nikhilprasanth in https://github.com/k2-fsa/OmniVoice/pull/145
* Add Intel XPU (Intel Arc GPU) inference support by @smashingtags in https://github.com/k2-fsa/OmniVoice/pull/55
* Add OmniVoice-MLX to community projects by @ailuntx in https://github.com/k2-fsa/OmniVoice/pull/165
* Add tts-audiobook-tool project to community list by @zeropointnine in https://github.com/k2-fsa/OmniVoice/pull/167
* Fix END_PUNCTUATION dropping members due to unescaped triple quote by @MinDongRyul in https://github.com/k2-fsa/OmniVoice/pull/182
* Add LA Studio to community projects by @dduongtrandai in https://github.com/k2-fsa/OmniVoice/pull/195
* [Expose pad_duration and fade_duration to let users control fade-in/out and silence padding](https://github.com/k2-fsa/OmniVoice/commit/398b61135c8dec788369b4c133c09ee9cf27847a)
* [Add CI workflows (PyPI publish, pre-commit) and format codebase with ruff](https://github.com/k2-fsa/OmniVoice/commit/9c3ab463713d15e94e252f468ac02f55bdba640b)

## New Contributors
* @pkufool made their first contribution in https://github.com/k2-fsa/OmniVoice/pull/136
* @nikhilprasanth made their first contribution in https://github.com/k2-fsa/OmniVoice/pull/145
* @smashingtags made their first contribution in https://github.com/k2-fsa/OmniVoice/pull/55
* @ailuntx made their first contribution in https://github.com/k2-fsa/OmniVoice/pull/165
* @zeropointnine made their first contribution in https://github.com/k2-fsa/OmniVoice/pull/167
* @MinDongRyul made their first contribution in https://github.com/k2-fsa/OmniVoice/pull/182
* @dduongtrandai made their first contribution in https://github.com/k2-fsa/OmniVoice/pull/195

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/k2-fsa/OmniVoice/compare/0.1.5...0.2.0